A Lesson for Living

A Lesson for Living

幽默笑话:你是哪一个?

幽默笑话:你是哪一个? My two sisters and I were all away at different colleges at the same time. One day，after facing too many crisis and tired of being treated just another undergraduate，I phoned home for some consolation and understandi

NPR 2011-05-24

Vast areas of Joplin, Missouri are said to be unrecognizable, a day after a tornado plowed through downtown with up to 165-mph winds. People in the southwestern Missouri city are finding entire neighborhoods reduced to twisted metal and rubble. Strip

智慧背囊 超越自我-14-相信自己

[00:00.95]Sure You Can相信自己 [00:04.99]Remember when you were a little child trying to learn to walk? [00:10.03]First you had to learn to stand: [00:12.54]a process involving constantly falling down, then getting back up. [00:18.04]You laughed some

英语热词：什么是“第一世界问题”？

First-world problem refers to a trivial frustration or petty concern, particularly one that contrasts sharply with serious problems such as those faced by developing nations. 第一世界问题指的是微不足道的挫折或琐碎的烦心事，和发

NPR 2010-10-23

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. President Obama's campaign swing through the West Coast takes him to California, where he is speaking at a fundraiser for Senator Barbara Boxer and touting her commitment to helping the middle class. Th

温馨夜读II PART4 2.Permission to Fail

[00:00.30] 2.Permission to Fail [00:03.78]Each of us fails from time to time. [00:07.02]If we are wise, we accept these failures as a necessary part of the learning process. [00:13.22]But all too often as parents and teachers we deny this same right

94.A Bad Impression

My husband and I are both writers. During dinner conversations, we often tell our children about our working days. It wasn't clear how much they absorbed until one day I overheard my seven-year- old,

从专八翻译真题看如何翻译

专八翻译真题： 得病以前，我受父母宠爱，在家中横行霸道，一旦隔离，拘禁在花园山坡上一幢小房子里，我顿感打入冷宫，十分郁郁不得志起来。一个春天的傍晚，园中百花怒放，父母在园

美式教养观

Raising Children 美式教养观The job of raising children is a tough one. Children don't come with an instruction manual. And each child is different. So parents sometimes pull their hair out in frustration, not knowing what to do. But in raising c

英文乡村歌曲：Miranda Lambert - Desperation

Throw a dog a bone, I\'ll take it if i have to Go real fast like there\'s somewhere we can get to What\'s the use of standing right there on the edge if there ain\'t nowhere to fall What\'s the use in hanging on to the phone If nobody might call ...

英语美文：我的成长宣言

Carl RogersWhat I am is good enough if I would only be it openly.The following was written in answer to a 15-year-old girl's question, How can I prepare myself for a fulfilling life? I am me. In all the world, there is no one else exactly like me. Th

不要告诉你的孩子说他们很有能力

In recent years, our parenting culture began to send the message that competence was important for building self-esteem and that parents needed to do everything they can to convince their children how competent they were. All very reasonable, to be s

孩子从你身上学会三件事

Parenting is a job that occurs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from the day the baby is born until the day theywell, until forever. A parents job is never done. Parents arent always teaching their children things directly and by design either. Sure, pa

英语歌曲:Patience

Patience Just have a little patience 只是需要些耐心 I'm still hurting from a love I lost, 我还在为失去的爱而伤心 I'm feeling your frustration. 我能感到你的失望 Any minute all the pain will stop. 这痛苦随时可能停止 J

最值得去的公司必备特征Top5

The point is, after the novelty fades, perks are just one very small piece of what makes a workplace great and they certainly dont influence employees to stay, grow and contribute. When looking for a great company to work focus on what makes a great

乔布斯传 第349期:苹果坠落(2)

Windows 95, which was released in 1995, became the most successful operating system ever, and Macintosh sales began to collapse. 1995年8月发布的Windows 95成为有史以来最成功的操作系统，而麦金塔的销售量开始暴跌。 Micros

一位改变了我生活的女孩

My childhood and adolescence were a joyous outpouring of energy, a ceaseless quest for expression, skill, and experience. School was only a background to the supreme delight of lessons in music, dance, and dramatics, and the thrill of sojourns in the

欧美人文风情第2篇:自闭症小男孩与他的狗狗

I think all of us, who have dogs, know that our dogs innately understand our feelings. 我认为我们所有人，有养狗的人，都知道我们的狗天生能了解我们的感受。 So if we come home, and we're feeling great, the dog instinctiv

赖世雄进阶英语词汇3500 Unit46

campus n.(大学）校园 Mary didn't live on campus while in college. She lived off campus with her aunt and uncle. 玛丽念大学时不住校内。她在校外与阿姨姨丈同住。 hive n.蜂巢 Visitors are told to stay away from the beehives.